US Patent Issued to Halliburton Energy Services on May 20 for "Internal slip design with minimum backlash for packers seal enhancement" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,458, issued on May 20, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).

"Internal slip design with minimum backlash for packers seal enhancement" was invented by Shobeir Pirayeh Gar (Carrollton, Texas), Xiaoguang Allan Zhong (Singapore), Christian Alexander Ramirez (Carrollton, Texas) and David Joe Steele (Carrollton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sealing/anchoring subassembly, a well system, and method. The sealing/anchoring subassembly, in one aspect, includes a mandrel, as well as a sealing/anchoring element positioned about the mandrel, the sealing/anchoring element configured to move between a rad...